Staff Software Engineer
Slate Magazine6 days ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$171k - $285k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, architecture, implementation, and delivery of major systems and initiatives spanning multiple teams.
- Build, operate, code, test, and integrate scalable customer-facing software systems, including their interfaces.
- Lead code reviews, design reviews, and technical committee reviews for significant designs.
- Own code quality, system tests, functional tests, and integration.
- Make complex technical trade-offs and shape company-wide technical objectives.
- Collaborate with UX and product teams to create customer-focused solutions.
- Guide and mentor engineers and act as a recognized technical authority across groups.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional software development experience building and operating scalable, customer-facing software systems.
- Experience designing reliable, scalable distributed systems, including web services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
- Technical leadership experience in architecture, complex trade-offs, and driving engineering decisions across teams.
- Ability to work through ambiguity, simplify complex problems, and deliver high-quality solutions in fast-paced environments.
- Experience integrating third-party platforms and SaaS products through APIs, events, and webhooks.
- Experience with ecommerce or marketplace systems such as catalog, checkout, payments, or order management is preferred.
- Experience building high-performance customer experiences, including frontend performance optimization, is preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k benefits.
- Potential eligibility for an equity program and/or discretionary annual incentive program.
- Applicants must be authorized to work permanently in the United States; visa sponsorship is unavailable.
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About Slate Magazine
Slate is a digital magazine that covers politics, culture, technology, and current events through reported articles, analysis, newsletters, and a large slate of podcasts. Founded in 1996, it is published by The Slate Group, a unit of Graham Holdings, with offices in New York and Washington, D.C. Its business model combines advertising with reader revenue, including the Slate Plus membership program for bonus content and ad-free podcasts.